Salina, NY – Onondaga County Sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help into an investigation after shots rang out Saturday at the United Inn in Salina when uninvited guests crashed a teen’s birthday party, authorities said.

Deputies recovered a shotgun and several rounds from that gun at the hotel at 1308 Buckley Road.

No one was struck by the gunfire. One person sought treatment at an area hospital for cuts and scrapes he suffered when he was trampled as people ran away from the shooting, deputies said. But that witness is not cooperating with authorities, they said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call deputies at 425-2111.

Here’s what deputies said happened:

Shortly before midnight Saturday uninvited people, who were possibly rival gang members, showed up at a birthday party for a 16-year-old.

When a family member tried to stop the situation from escalating, he was struck with a chair and someone fired a gun in the room. The shot struck the ceiling.